Degree Plan 2008

Candidates entering with a Bachelor’s Degree need satisfactory completion of 37 credit hours of graduate courses as approved by the Program Director. Candidates entering with a Master’s Degree need satisfactory completion of 33 credit hours of graduate courses as approved by the Program Director. Candidates entering with a Ph.D. or currently enrolled in a Ph.D program need satisfactory completion of 30 credit hours of graduate courses as approved by the Program Director

A. Major Field Core (13 credit hours):

• BINF 7980 Research Seminar in Bioinformatics
• COMP 6030 Introduction to Algorithms or COMP 7712 Algorithms Implementation and Problem Solving
• COMP 7295 Introduction to Bioinformatics
• MATH 6635 Introduction to Probability Theory
• MATH 7221 Statistical Methods for Analyzing Gene Expression Data

B. Biology: 6 credit hours chosen from:

• BIOL 7131 Cell and Molecular Biology
• BIOL 7470 Advanced Bacterial Genetics
• BINF 7701 Introduction to Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics
• BIOL 7703 Molecular Biology of Cancer
• BIOM 7004 Life Sciences for Biomedical Engineering I

C.

Candidates may choose to focus on statistics or computer science by selecting from a large number of graduate classes offered in the respective departments as approved by the Program Director.  Refer to Graduate Catalog @ http://academics.memphis.edu/gradcatalog/

D. Thesis

Candidates may choose to write and defend a thesis project. These candidates must complete the following classes:

•  BINF 7996 Thesis or BINF 7992 Bioinformatics Project

For more information, visit http://cas.memphis.edu/binf or contact the Bioinformatics Director: Dr. Ramin Homayouni, Bioinformatics@memphis.edu.